Okay, Supernatural fans, one big obstacle is out of the way. At the winter TCAs, network president Dawn Ostroff gave every indication that she wants Supernatural back for a sixth season, says EW.com.

Apparently, the only thing that stands in the way of a sixth season of the underrated program is creator Eric Kripke. His five-season outline will wrap up sometime in May, and there

has been a lingering question of whether he'll want to continue the story of the Winchester brothers, who are on track to slay Satan at the conclusion of this season.

"I think he's in that state of mind," Ostroff was quoted as saying, in reference to Kripke coming around to the idea of a sixth season. "I had lunch with Eric the other day and he's

really excited about the show right now. I think he feels this season has been really satisfying for him. He's certainly not running out of ideas by any stretch of the imagination."

It's true; Supernatural has been ten kinds of awesome this season, and had been really great for several seasons before that. But should Kripke continue on if it doesn't feel right?

It's hard to top a season that is all about stopping the apocalypse and Lucifer, but if anyone can follow such an arc with a season that's equally weighty, it's the Supe writing crew.

They're all very aware of the "jumping the shark" phenomenon (they named an episode after it, after all), so it's likely they'd avoid any traps that might lead to a drop in quality.

Smallville is in a similar situation. EW says Ostroff is "very optimistic" about the drama coming back for a tenth season.

"I'm really pleased with the show," she said. "I don't know which way we'll go [with renewal], but if you would've asked me [earlier if the show was ending] I would've said, 'Oh

probably.' But I can't say that now." She stressed the point by saying the final episode of this season is looking like a season finale, and not a series finale.